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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Depends on who you are talking to. An
artillery gunner would say a mil is a thousandth of a radian. I think at
one time a tenth of a penny or a thousandth of a dollar was also called a
mil. So the real answer is "a thousandth of something".
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mups1953@yahoo.com href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mike mueller</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 23, 2004 1:14
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: How thick is a mil.?</DIV>
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<DIV> Now that I know I can't believe I didn't know. Mike<BR><BR><B><I><A
href="mailto:edbon85@optonline.net">edbon85@optonline.net</A></I></B> wrote:
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the thickness of 2 mil, couldn't resist : )<BR>1 mil is .001 inch, one
thousand on an inch.<BR>Ed M.<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From:
mike mueller <MUPS1953@YAHOO.COM><BR>Date: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:13
am<BR>Subject: How thick is a mil.?<BR><BR>> Ok I took out the metric
converter and I think I have the math right.<BR>> Could one of you smart
dudes check this?<BR>> A micron is 1000th of a millimeter,
correct?<BR>> A millimeter is about .039+", Correct?<BR>> 25 microns
is about .001, correct?<BR>> Then what's a mil.? And how thick is a
mil?<BR>> I need to order 1 mil. vinyl and i'd like to know.<BR>> TIA,
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